Today's exitement was a quick trip to see the Kubi jizo, a Buddha's head statue. It was a small but very beautiful place tucked away down a narrow street in town. Okaasan tells me that you pray to this statue to cure illness.
We also went by the post office and the shopping mall. I found that I CAN use my debit card to get money from an ATM here! Woo! Now I can pay for my books tomorrow!
Apparently my host family's sons are coming home tomorrow. Their eldest son is having a week of vacation from his job as a bank clerk, and he younger son is going to be in an internship for his three weeks of summer vacation from school. Apparently he goes to college in Tokyo.
Tomorrow's gonna be quite a day. I'll meet new folks and go to school again.
Oyasumi nasai! I'm off to bed!
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OK, just to show how much I love ya, I just got a blogger account! I feel so cool now! Hey, glad to hear things are going good. I think you are so brave. This blog is wonderful Dad was just hear and told me I needed to check out all you had written. He enjoys reading about all your adventure too.
Hi, Just figured out how to put a little picture with my blog...so I'm commenting again to see if it works. Take care!
Did you know the goal of Buddhism is to stop existing? Huh.
I hope your host "brothers" are nice!
It's actually to break the cycle of reincarnation, but close enough.
The disembodied heads are a wee bit disconcerting to me....
So with the brothers be staying in the house as well?
I know- they stop the cycle and stop existing. What a goal!
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